Highly filled composites have received the urgent demands in various areas (i.e., electrical and thermal conductive materials) due to their many advantages (i.e., low cost and high comprehensive performance). However,...
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Highly filled composites have received the urgent demands in various areas (i.e., electrical and thermal conductive materials) due to their many advantages (i.e., low cost and high comprehensive performance). However, it is challenging to simultaneously improve the processability and toughness of highly filled composites by adding a small amount of flow modifier. In this work, for the first time, a novel silicone/fluorine-functionalized flow modifier (Si-DPF) with low surface energy is synthesized and incorporated into a highly filled magnesium hydroxide/linear low-density polyethylene (MH/LLDPE) composite (80:20 by weight) to simultaneously improve the processability, toughness and flame retardancy. The results show that Si-DPF is dominantly located at the interface between the MH particles and LLDPE matrix to form a core-shell structure, leading to the relatively homogeneous dispersion of the MH particles. The melt equilibrium torque of the MH/LLDPE composite is decreased by 48.9%, the notched impact strength is increased by more than 4 times, and the area under the stress-strain curves is increased by more than 9 times at 5 wt% loading of Si-DPF. Additionally, the corresponding limited oxygen index (LOI) value is increased to 63.8%. This work provides a facile and effective strategy to simultaneously enhance the processability, toughness and flame retardancy of highly filled polymer-based composites by only one kind of multi-functional flow modifier.
Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) is the central modulator of the mammalian hypothalamic-pituitaryadrenal (HPA) axis. In addition, CRH affects other processes in the brain including learning, memory, and synaptic ...
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Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) is the central modulator of the mammalian hypothalamic-pituitaryadrenal (HPA) axis. In addition, CRH affects other processes in the brain including learning, memory, and synaptic plasticity. Moreover, CRH has been shown to play a role in nerve cell survival under apoptotic conditions and to serve as an endogenous neuroprotectant in vitro. Employing mice over-expressing murine CRH in the CNS, we observed a differential response of CRH-overexpressing mice (CRH-COEhom-Nes) to acute excitotoxic stress induced by kainate compared with controls (CRH-COEcon-Nes). Interestingly, CRH-overexpression reduced the duration of epileptic seizures and prevented kainate-induced neurodegeneration and neuro-inflammation in the hippocampus. Our findings highlight a neuroprotective action of CRH in vivo. This neuroprotective effect was accompanied by increased levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in CRH-COEhom-Nes mice, suggesting a potential role for BDNF in mediating CRH-induced neuroprotective actions against acute excitotoxicity in vivo. (C) 2008 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
This study aims to investigate the molecular mechanism of LncRNA NKILA underlying promoting cardiomyocytes apoptosis and relevant diabetic cardiomyopathy. We utilized high concentration of glucose to induce human card...
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This study aims to investigate the molecular mechanism of LncRNA NKILA underlying promoting cardiomyocytes apoptosis and relevant diabetic cardiomyopathy. We utilized high concentration of glucose to induce human cardiomyocytes cell line AC16 to imitate diabetic cardiomyopathy. And then, we performed high-throughput big data analysis, RT-PCR, and western blot assays to evaluate the expression levels of associated mRNA and protein. Cell apoptosis was tested by Annexin V-FITC. The proliferation, migration, and invasion of AC16 cells were examined by CCK8 assay, colony formation assay, EdU assay, wound healing test, and transwell chamber assay. We utilized statistical analysis and luciferase activity assay to analyze the interaction of relevant genes. LncRNA NKILA was highly expressed in AC16 cells induced by high glucose and inhibited AC16 cell proliferation, migration, and invasion by inducing cell apoptosis. Luciferase activity assay demonstrated that LncRNA NKILA binds to miR22-3p. The influence of LncRNA NKILA on AC16 cell proliferation, migration, and invasion could be reversed by miR22-3p. Luciferase activity assay demonstrated that TXNIP was a target of miR-22-3p in AC16 cells, and all the effects of TXNIP on AC16 cell proliferation, migration, and invasion could be abolished by miR22-3p. These results provided comprehensive data about a novel molecular mechanism of LncRNA NKILA promoting cardiomyocytes apoptosis: LncRNA NKILA performed its function in AC16 cells under high glucose-induced condition by targeting mir-22-3p-TXNIP signal axis, which indicated that LncRNA NKILA may play a crucial role in diabetic cardiomyopathy.
The oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII) is an oxomanganese cluster composed of four redox-active Mn ions and one redox-inactive Ca2+ ion, with two nearby bound Cl- ions. Sodium is a common counterio...
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The oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII) is an oxomanganese cluster composed of four redox-active Mn ions and one redox-inactive Ca2+ ion, with two nearby bound Cl- ions. Sodium is a common counterion of both chloride and hydroxide anions, and a sodium-specific binding site has not been identified near the OEC. Here, we find that the oxygen-evolution activity of spinach PSII increases with Na+ concentration, particularly at high pH. A Na+-specific binding site next to the OEC, becomes available after deprotonation of the D1-H337 amino acid residue, is suggested by the analysis of two recently published PSII cryo-electron microscopy maps in combination with quantum mechanical calculations and multiconformation continuum electrostatics simulations.
The diode-pumped alkali laser (DPAL) is a new type of laser source which has been widely studied in the recent years. The temperature distribution of a sealed vapor cell, which is the crucial component in a DPAL syste...
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The diode-pumped alkali laser (DPAL) is a new type of laser source which has been widely studied in the recent years. The temperature distribution of a sealed vapor cell, which is the crucial component in a DPAL system, produces an important effect on the output performance of a DPAL. In this paper, the strict solution of the heat conduction equation for a cesium vapor cell is obtained by using a finite difference procedure. The temperature distribution of a dummy open cell is first analyzed, and then the temperature distributions of two independent windows, regarded as the boundary conditions of solving a sealed cell, are evaluated in detail. By combining the results of the two steps together, we finally acquire the temperature distribution of a real sealed cesium vapor cell. The results reveal that the temperature gradients on both radial and longitudinal directions change with the pump power, cell radius, and absorption coefficient when the sealed cesium vapor cell is heated or pumped with the laser diodes. The conclusions are helpful for accurately evaluating the output characteristics of a DPAL. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
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